Acting Erie County District Attorney Michael J. Flaherty, Jr. announces that 25-year-old Luis Oliveras-Arvelo a/k/a “Chino” of Buffalo has been sentenced to 23 years in prison by State Supreme Court Justice Christopher Burns.

In April 2016, Oliveras-Arvelo pleaded guilty to Manslaughter in the First Degree in connection with the death of 29-year-old Juan Santiago.

On September 1, 2015, Oliveras-Arvelo shot to death Santiago inside of a barbershop located at 577 Niagara Street, Buffalo. Ten minutes before the shooting, the victim had allegedly threatened the defendant with a machete and the shooting appears to have been in retaliation.